# A little-known law could upend the dairy industry

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1 outlet covering · First listed: Vox, Nov 11, 2026, 7:30 AM · Read it: <https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/510168/dairy-calves-extreme-confinement-hettinga-lawsuit>

This story is part of a series supported by Animal Charity Evaluators, which received a grant from EarthShare. Deep-blue, regulation-happy California is not usually imagined as factory farm country. But the state leads the US in agricultural output, and it is, by a wide margin, America’s top producer of dairy, one of the most brutal

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- Nov 11, 2026, 7:30 AM: [A little-known law could upend the dairy industry](<https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/510168/dairy-calves-extreme-confinement-hettinga-lawsuit>) — Vox (Digital news, United States)
  This story is part of a series supported by Animal Charity Evaluators, which received a grant from EarthShare. Deep-blue, regulation-happy California is not usually imagined as factory farm country. But the state leads the US in agricultural output, and it is, by a wide margin, America’s top producer of dairy, one of the most brutal
